Naven (883), Poway, California, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 | Oct 11, 2009 Cute little bitty bottle from Jimbowood. Shared this one with a bunch of people, and sadly, no one cared for it. I will say this, it hides the 13% alcohol marvelously. I could swear this was 6 or 7%. Somewhat watery, with lots of chocolate on the tounge and this annoying sourness at the end. It didn’t taste like "complex fruits" to me, it tasted like rotten berries. Perhaps I got a bad bottle, but this one I had didn’t really appeal to me.
OSLO (830), Minnesota, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 5/5 | 14/20 | Jan 5, 2010 [Bottle, Batch 14] Pours dark brown with a nice brown head. Aroma has alcohol, prune, some chocolate and molasses. Taste has a lot of green pepper and is very hot. Deeply roasted malt, chocolate (which really becomes accentuated as it warms), and a good deal of dark fruit character. Good mouthfeel, fairly smooth, and somewhat dry finish that is long. Overly hot and although it was by no means bad, it was bit of a letdown. I have another bottle to try, so hopefully the next one is better. kromamc (60), Italy
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 | Jan 5, 2010 Grande birra dei mitici struise!!! in poke parole direi ke è na bella bestia de belgian imperial stout!! eehehhehe SirLimpsalot (49), Sweden
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 9/20 | Jan 4, 2010 Creamy smell. Small aromas of bread and vanilla and chocklat.
Leaves a bit of a try aftertaste Mora2000 (72), Dallas, Texas, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 | Jan 3, 2010 My brother picked this one up for me at Phillipe’s in Lafayette. Great find.
Pours dark brown to black with a dark tan head. The head stays around throughout the entire drinking process. Aroma is strong on the dark fruits along with some coffee and chocolate as the beer warms. Very complex. The flavor is heavy on the roasted malt, almost burnt in flavor. You also get some more dark fruit and coffee and the beer finishes with some alcohol and sweetness. Thick mouthfeel and medium carbonation. bcBelgianbrew (2), , British Columbia, Canada does not count | 4.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 10/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 19/20 | Dec 31, 2009 Pours like like expensive balsamic vinegar, meaning it pours like syrup. Has a nice creamy caramel head. Use the recommended snifter to drink. Fruit/wine like after flavour. Moderately malty, slightly sweet and refreshing. The darkest beer I’ve ever seen. Beautiful. JulienHuxley (240), Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 | Dec 23, 2009 Bottle. Damn, this is quite the night. Roasted coffee aromas, but not in the american or mikkeller way, a sweeter and meatier coffee. I also get grapes and alcohol here. Malty taste, quite sweet with a yeasty finish. Nice mouthfeel and overall very good beer. nimbleprop (951), SouthWest, Washington, Washington DC, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 | Dec 19, 2009 33cl bottle. I have been wanting to try this for many years. The DC Blizzard of 2009 seemed like just the right night. Pours a slightly oily, slightly viscous, completely opaque black with a creamy, frothy, lacing tan head. Aroma is BIG, even from a foot away: wood, liquor, coffee, brown sugar, candy, burnt toast, light smoke, chocolate, freshly baked cookies, wet earth, tobacco. Flavor has lots of toasted grains and freshly toasted bread, coffee grounds, wood pulp, some very strong sweetness, milk chocolate, molasses, sticky fruits, mocha, vanilla, booze. Finish is thick, almost like a milk stout, with some alcohol heat down the throat. I couldn’t really find the hops that other elite Imperial Stouts have. Still, there’s something very European about this stout. 5000 (2900), Hardened Liver, Washington, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 | Dec 19, 2009 Bottle:   Black as night, huge frothy light brown head, nice lacing.   Grape skin and cocoa nose.   Very slight barrel aging.   Not all that roasty.   Lots of purple grape popsicle like flavors on the tongue.   Through in a few licks of the stick and I think that’s it.   Roastiness is mild, the 13% ABV is non-existant.   Wow, this tastes just like a grape popsicle as you get down to the wooden stick.   What the hell?!?!   Body and mouthfeel are average.   It does feel a little silky though.   Hmmm, certainly unique.   Clean on the exit, malt sweetness gets a little sticky.   Shows more stout like aspects on the finish.   Good, but not what I was expecting at all.
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